100 AUSTRALIAN BEE LORE AND BEE CULTURE- 



Now, if you have been anything like in luck's way, the whole 

 process from the time the bees made their exit from the parent 

 hive to that when you hive your nev/ swarm will not occupy more 

 than an hour. But to this statement I must make certain reser- 

 vations. Did the bees settle in an easy accessible place ? Did 

 they settle near the apiary ? 



All here stated has reference to first or early swarms, which 

 are led by a pregnant queen, when there is a certain amount of 

 assurance that they will not abscond. Casts or after swarms — 

 those that come out with virgin queens — may give a little more 

 trouble than here detailed. 



